At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.
The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat away its grace. they would defile it, and make it shameful. And yet the thing would still live on. It would be always alive. (Dorian Gray regarding his portrait)
It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.
God, bless me with luxury. Necessities I can do without.